Maryland residents on this day celebrate the arrival on March 25, 1634, of the first colonists to what would become, 154 years later, the seventh state to ratify the Constitution and join the United ...

Artifacts recently found at the site of a 386-year-old fort in Southern Maryland are helping tell the story of Historic St. Mary’s City, the region and the U.S. A coin establishes the fort’s 1634 date ...

Buried underground in the middle of an open field, roughly a half-mile inland from St. Mary's River, archaeologists have discovered the remains of Maryland's earliest colonial site, a 387-year-old ...

It started with two ships sailing out of an English port in 1633 and led to the founding of Maryland on March 25, 1634. St. Mary’s County Museum Division manager Karen Stone discussed the first ...

The colony of Maryland has a long history regarding religious tolerance and intolerance. A charter was obtained from Charles I of England in 1629 by George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) for a safe place ...